Steve Perry Performs For First Time In 19 Years

If you were in St. Paul, MN this weekend and saw Eels in concert then you were treated to something very special. For the first time in 19 years, former Journey lead singer, Steve Perry jumped on stage and performed during Eels' encore. It would be great to see Steve go on tour or play a few shows. There is no way he will ever reunite with Journey, no matter the paycheck because there is no friendship there at all. Maybe he would do something with Randy Jackson. Maybe.

So great to see and hear him. What a voice! It's been sad to see Journey going around like a tribute band with a sound-alike singer. There's only one Steve Perry. Hoping they can perhaps put aside their differences and get it together for another tour.

I saw Def Leppard a few years ago and "Journey" was performing as well. Their Filipino Perry was sick or something and they had some other dude singing. It gave me sads x a billiondy. Def Leppard, on the other hand, was fantastic.

I read that a few years ago, Steve needed a hip replacement. The band wanted him to do it so he could go on your with them but Steve is afraid of surgery and is trying every alternative he can think of to avoid it. Journey is saying that Steve is being lazy and using that as an excuse not to get back with them and some think he's flat out lying.

Hard to believe he's the same age as my mother. I went to high school for the last couple years in Hanford, CA, where Steve is from. He was always the big celebrity "sighting" in town. There was always someone who's older brother saw Steve at the bowling alley over the weekend.

I never did. But then, I think I was only at the bowling alley twice the whole time I lived there.

Wow, wow, wow. I was somehow under the impression that he was unable to perform like he used to, that he had damaged his voice. I haven't gotten to watch the video yet, but from the comments here, it sounds like that is not true.

It's hard to believe that it's been 32(?) years since I saw him perform with Journey. I believe I saw Queen that year, too. It's too bad we can't get a Freddie Mercury comeback, as well. That would have been an awesome double bill.

I couldn't stand Journey back in the day. I hated hair bands too. Then the century turned and all these talentless fuckers started getting played on all sorts of radio station formats and I reassessed. Journey and Steve should do a kumbaya and tour. Even fake Journey is better then 90% of the shit out there now.

I had the same experience when we went to a journey, foreigner, and night ranger show. I was actually more impressed by night ranger (sister Christian is the song) and foreigner than with journey. I don't like that lead singer and Neal is a db.

I love Lou Gramm and his work in Foreigner and solo. I am not sure how many people know this, but he went through a serious health issue with a benign brain tumor and as a result of surgery, his voice no longer sounds like it used to. I follow him on Twitter and he once responded to a message I sent him and I almost shrieked like a school girl when I got it.

I miss the long hair and tight pants. Journey's Greatest Hits is always my go to CD. Their Behind the Music was interesting. While I do love him, Steve is a strange one. I thought he was living in Del Mar? I think the breakup was all about ego as most are. I can't imagine him getting back with the band, but stranger things have happened.

I went to Fake Journey with some friends a couple of summers ago.Had drinks and then had a hissy fit middle of concert.Couldn't stand it had to leave. My friends were like becki you're drunk stop being so critical. After watching this I feel vindicated!

I'd love to see him back but as always felt the new Journey ain't the old Journey but, gotta say, he waited too long. It's clear he can't belt it like he used to & the substitute dude can. Why do these people wait so long, like Axl out in the Golden Gods awards- he sounded ok, but they wait past their prime and then go out.

Actually Steve Perry did have hip surgery. Neal wanted him to wait to have it til after they did another tour but Steve was in to much pain and said no. So Neil and the band made the decision to get a new singer and do the tour without him and that is when Steve Perry said screw it and quit period.

Steve Perry should get together with Greg Rolie, Journey's first singer and tour as a band. Rolie also played keyboards, and when Perry joined they split the vocals, and together they sounded so great, ("Just the Same Way", for example). Rolie quit in the early '80's I believe, so they probably have some Journey beefs in common!

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